A 15-member commission appointed by Mayor Mamdani has eight weeks to propose changes to the city charter, the constitution that decides how your government actually works. Whatever they file by late July goes on your ballot November 3. This page tracks everything that has happened so far, in plain English, built from the official record.
A charter revision commission, 15 New Yorkers from labor, nonprofits, business, and government, appointed in June 2026 to figure out why easy things in city government are so hard, and to propose fixes voters can approve directly.
New York City's constitution, roughly 340 pages that decide who holds power, how the budget works, how the city buys things, and how decisions get reviewed. The last full overhaul was 1989.
Anything within the city's own legal powers, procurement, budgeting, approvals, community boards. It cannot override state or federal law, and it must review the whole charter, explaining anything it leaves untouched.
Twice. Ten public hearings run across the five boroughs in June and July, anyone can show up and testify. Then on November 3, the final proposals appear on your general-election ballot as yes/no questions.
Independent governance research. This page is generated by OCC Research’s Governance Memory System, which reads the commission’s official record, adopted minutes, transcripts, and slides, and keeps a structured memory of who said what, what was decided, and what happens next.
OCC Research is not affiliated with the City of New York or the Commission on Government Efficiency.